The Project OPEN Media Hub: Networking, on-the-job training and support to media professionals across the EU Neighbourhood area (EuropeAid/136510/DH/SER/Multi) is part of the European Union Programme OPEN Neighbourhood: opportunities, participation, engagement and networking” and is implemented by a consortium led by Thomson Foundation. The Consortium includes Action Global, European Journalism Centre, Free Press Unlimited, France Médias Monde, Ipsos Mori and Particip. The OPEN Media Hub project follows up on two previous EU funded projects – the Media Neighborhood and the European Neighbourhood Journalism Network.

“The More the Media is Economically Successful, the Freer we are as Journalists”

27th February 2017

Vesselin Vachkov is the Director of the Czech newspaper Lidove Noviny. He led the Master Class in Media Management for Print and Online Media in Yerevan on February 14-15, 2017 and spoke to OPEN Media Hub about the challenges of the transition from print and online and the monetisation of good online content.